Digital Comic Museum - Planet Comics 066 JVJonFills


	Filesize:	12.61 MB
	Uploader:	JonTheScanner
	Downloads:	1283
	Views:	6798

Planet #66 same scan that we have (I think) but now ctc with ads restored.
---
NOTE, we now know the IFC is incorrect. Sorry.

Issue: #66
Published: 1952, Price: 0.10 USD, Pages: 36, Editing:
Color: Color Dimensions: Standard Golden Age U. S. Paper Stock: Glossy Cover; Newsprint Interior Binding: Saddle-stitched Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
Notes: There is no text story in this issue.

Comic Contents:

Cover (1 page)	Invaders of Venus; The Plague of Locust-Men
Genre:	Science Fiction

Comic Story (10 pages)	Invaders of Venus
Synopsis:	Captain Defi's spaceship lands on Venus. He and his men meet Princess Neo and her people. Mars causes Defi's first mate and the rest of the crew--except for old Sam and cabin boy Dave--to attack and plunder the Venusians. Princess Neo tricks the villains into drinking the juice of a local plant, which causes them to pass out. Defi will go back to Earth and his crew will be charged with mutiny.
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Mars God Of War A First Mate (villain, Introduction) Captain Jim Defi (introduction) Dave (introduction) An Old Man (introduction) Princess Neo (introduction)

Comic Story (6 pages)
Synopsis:	The Vormants raid a mining town on the rim of Venus. Gale and her squadron arrive and join young Lief, son of the discoverer of the mine. He says his father's foreman Jed is behind the attack. Gale and the others are captured by the Vormants but Leif drugs the bandits with sugar that makes them drunk. Leif kills Jed and will take over the mine once more.
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Gale Allen The Girl Squadron Lief (introduction) Vormants (introduction) Jed Hukk (introduction, Death)

Comic Story (8 pages)
Synopsis:	"Ravaged by planet wars and the resulting plague, Earth in the 33rd century is uninhabited by human life," except "lone archer" Hunt Bowman. He is captured by Iqor, a creature from Volta. Hunt and Lyssa, another prisoner, take over the Volta ship and crash on her planet, the "Lost World." Lyssa's subject Basil fears Hunt wants to become king and revolts, attempting to sacrifice Hunt and Lyssa to the Spirax monster. Hunt kills the monster with an arrow and Basil flees.
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Hunt Bowman (introduction, Origin) Lyssa (introduction, Origin) Iqor (villain) The Voltamen (villain, Introduction) Basil (introduction)

Comic Story (8 pages)	The Plague of Locust-Men
Synopsis:	Flint Baker and Mimi are sent to prevent "Milky Way guerrilla chief" Axtur and his locust men from raiding a defense outpost on Saturn. Thanks to traitor Quinn, Axtur captures Flint and Mimi and uses Flint's ship to attack the outpost. Flint gets the upper hand and captures Axtur.
Credits:	Script: ? [as Huxley Haldane]
Genre:	Science Fiction
Characters:	Flint Baker Axtur (villain, Introduction) His Locust Men (villains, Introduction) Quinn (introduction, Death) A Crash Doctor (introduction, Death)

The data in the above section is courtesy of the Grand Comics Database™ under a Creative Commons Attribution License.